The VPCScreen service was developed by Rhys Hawkins of the Australian National University, Canberra. It enables an arbitrary window, the whole screen or selected portion of screen to be encoded as a video stream and transmitted into an Access Grid venue like a regular camera stream.
The VPCScreen packages available here are for:
- Debian Etch (i386 & amd64)
- Ubuntu Feisty (i386 & amd64)
- Ubuntu Gutsy (i386)
They have been tested locally and appear to work fine. Please advise of any other quirks or difficulties concerning the packaging to the contact email address below.
Installation
1. Using Synaptic:
Open the Synaptic Package Manager's Software Sources window (from the Settings->Repostitories menu).
For Ubuntu Gutsy, add the following entry in the Third Party tab of the Software Sources widget:
deb http://www.vislab.uq.edu.au/debian gutsy/
For Ubuntu Feisty, add the following entry in the Third Party tab of the Software Sources widget:
deb http://www.vislab.uq.edu.au/debian feisty/
For Debian Etch, add the following entry in the Installation Media tab of the Software Preferences widget:
deb http://www.vislab.uq.edu.au/debian etch/
Close the Software Sources window.
Now reload the package information (use the Reload button, or select Reload Package Information from the Edit menu).
Finally, search for and install the vpcscreen package.
2. Using apt-get:
Add the following line to the beginning of your /etc/apt/sources.list file:
deb http://www.vislab.uq.edu.au/debian gutsy/
or deb http://www.vislab.uq.edu.au/debian feisty/
or deb http://www.vislab.uq.edu.au/debian etch/)
Now run:
sudo apt-get update
3. Using dpkg:
Download the latest appropriate (i386 or amd64) vpcscreen .deb package file from:
http://www.vislab.uq.edu.au/debian/feisty/
(or http://www.vislab.uq.edu.au/debian/etch/)
Now, in the directory where the .deb is saved, run something like:
sudo dpkg -i vpcscreen_0.2_i386.deb
(the exact package name will vary, depending on version and architecture)
Open the Synaptic Package Manager's Software Sources window (from the Settings->Repostitories menu).
For Ubuntu Gutsy, add the following entry in the Third Party tab of the Software Sources widget:
deb http://www.vislab.uq.edu.au/debian gutsy/
For Ubuntu Feisty, add the following entry in the Third Party tab of the Software Sources widget:
deb http://www.vislab.uq.edu.au/debian feisty/
For Debian Etch, add the following entry in the Installation Media tab of the Software Preferences widget:
deb http://www.vislab.uq.edu.au/debian etch/
Close the Software Sources window.
Now reload the package information (use the Reload button, or select Reload Package Information from the Edit menu).
Finally, search for and install the vpcscreen package.
2. Using apt-get:
Add the following line to the beginning of your /etc/apt/sources.list file:
deb http://www.vislab.uq.edu.au/debian gutsy/
or deb http://www.vislab.uq.edu.au/debian feisty/
or deb http://www.vislab.uq.edu.au/debian etch/)
Now run:
sudo apt-get update
and then
sudo
apt-get install vpcscreen 3. Using dpkg:
Download the latest appropriate (i386 or amd64) vpcscreen .deb package file from:
http://www.vislab.uq.edu.au/debian/feisty/
(or http://www.vislab.uq.edu.au/debian/etch/)
Now, in the directory where the .deb is saved, run something like:
sudo dpkg -i vpcscreen_0.2_i386.deb
(the exact package name will vary, depending on version and architecture)
Running VPCScreen
Following installation, VPCScreen can be started by adding it as a new service as if it were a video or audio stream.
Contact
Please send any comments, advice etc.,
to Chris Willing <c.willing _at_ uq.edu.au>